Thank you for your mix of human empathy and venom for society. Rarely, RARELY does anyone strike that balance a well as you do. You are a funny, eloquent man and I look forward to seeing what you do next. I want to confess that I stole your famous phrase "because ___" and use it in my every day life. And people think I'm funny for it. So thank you Gabe and let me know where I can send the royalty checks. Godspeed.

I saw this with my nerdiest buddies. We all left saying basically that it was solid but frivolous. The sword thing killed me! Come on with that! Also there was never this sense that the world was going to end - the stakes didn't ever seem high enough for me to get anxious in the slightest. It did look crazy rad on IMAX though.

One of the universe's perfect foods is the street taco - you know, those tiny tacos that have only three ingredients - carne asada, onions, and guacamole (maybe some cilantro too). Pour a little hot sauce on them and nom om nom nom. I had three.

I just read an interview between Josh Horowitz and Damon Lindelof, an Lindelof said there's a reason why she got undressed, and it wasn't just gratuitous. That kind of sounds like a dodge to me, because if it has to wait for another movie, it's still gratuitous in this one.

Loved every minute of it. The SPOILER: reversal of the reactor room scene was a great touch. And also, I think it was smart that they didn't have some young swarthy guy doing his Montalban impression. That would have made everything unintentionally campy. I thought Cumberbatch made it his own in a way that acknowledges but doesn't even try to touch the brilliance of Montalban. I could have used more flowery monologues though.

My wife and I want to start a family next year. We are terrified of our hypothetical child becoming an asshole. Like, how do you balance a kid between reading good books and texting on a fucking iPhone? Will my kid even be able to sit still long enough to read a book when from day one everything is instant gratification/communication? What if I don't buy my kid an iPhone when every other rotten goblin in the neighborhood has one? Do I risk my kid's social ostrization to make him or her a better person? These thoughts terrify me. One thing is for sure though, my kid WILL know classic rock.

Yeah I would say Dawn of the Dead and 300 are great little gritty genre movies. It's impossible to make a good Watchmen movie, but I think Snyder's version was a noble miss. I have not seen sucker punch because I am not in a pubescent fever dream. What about that owl movie? Anyone see that?
I agree with Bob, the Nolan factor will make this good. Chris is not about to splash his name across something he didn't have a hand in (ahem Mr. Tarantino).